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Re: Problems with BasicComboBoxEditor

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On 15 Feb., 18:45, Lew <lewbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:06:57 PM UTC-8, Felix Natter wrote:
> > hi,
>
> > I am using an editable ComboBox with BasicComboBoxEditor
> > (minimal example attached) with GTK or Nimbus L&Fs:
>
> >   JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox();
> >   comboBox.setEditable(true);
> >   comboBox.setEditor(new BasicComboBoxEditor());
>
> > I am having two problems with this:
>
> > #1. the first character in the editable combobox (which uses a
> >     JTextField internally) cannot show the first letter completely (too
> >     few left padding, see attached minimal example)
>
> > #2. The Background color of the editable combo box is white
> >     (as opposed to normal comboboxes, which are grey, depending on L&F)
>
> Grey is a lower-contrast background color. Use white. Why make your widgets
> hard to use?

The idea was to make comboboxes and editable comboboxes look the same
in the toolbar.
However, I agree that readability is more important.

Thanks and Best Regards,

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Problems with BasicComboBoxEditor Felix Natter <fnatter@gmx.net> - 2012-02-14 22:06 +0100
  Re: Problems with BasicComboBoxEditor "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-02-14 22:15 -0500
    Re: Problems with BasicComboBoxEditor fnatter <fnatter@gmx.net> - 2012-02-18 10:45 -0800
      Re: Problems with BasicComboBoxEditor "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-02-18 21:44 -0500
  Re: Problems with BasicComboBoxEditor Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 09:45 -0800
    Re: Problems with BasicComboBoxEditor fnatter <fnatter@gmx.net> - 2012-02-18 10:46 -0800

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